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Did Irish monk St. Brendan set foot on American soil 900 years before Christopher Columbus set sail? 

The sailing scene in Ireland has lost three significant figures this past week

In Search of Genghis Khan by Severin, Tim at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0020819307 - ISBN 13:  9780020819301 - Prentice Hall & IBD - 1993 - Softcover

For someone who describes himself as a sailor at heart, a contemporary house hidden away on a back lane just a few minutes’ walk from Dun Laoghaire marina and h

By Abdon Moriarty Pallasch In this piece from our archives Abdon Moriarty Pallasch talks to Tim Severin (d. 2020) who retraced the 6th century legendary journey of St. Brendan from Ireland to Newfoundland. The idea that Irish monks in an ox-hide boat might have beaten the Conquistadors and the Vikings to America was largely relegated

The relations between the Sultanate of Oman and the United Kingdom trace back over two centuries and the two sides always explore ways of improving...

Len “Skipper” Sheil was a benign and quietly inspiring presence, a beneficial influence for many simply by being himself

Afloat is a unique multi-purpose highly-illustrated maritime stream of consciousness and 24/7 nautical news coverage

When we raise our glasses this St. Patrick’s Day, let’s remember to offer a toast to the man who gave such valuable treasures to our civilization and our culture.

It's well accepted that the Irish version of Christianity is more rooted in the natural world than most, so it should come as no surprise that St. Brendan Migration map suggests birds led St. Brendan to Iceland